Premiership clubs face fines over ref intimidation

• ghimpheng

  6 Mar 06, 16:28

  tribalfootball.com - March 6, 2006
  
  Refs chief Keith Hackett has warned clubs they face fines of up to £250,000 if their players try to intimidate referees.
  
  Chelsea's 2-1 win over West Brom led to referee Mark Halsey being surrounded by players on a couple of occasions.
  
  "We saw it at West Brom and it's not good for the game," Hackett, who is the head of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, told BBC Five Live.
  
  "Clubs can be fined up to £250,000 when players are aggressive to referees."
  
  After West Brom's defeat their manager Bryan Robson accused Chelsea striker Didier Drogba of diving.
  
  And Hackett revealed that, compared to last season, referees have handed out three times as many yellow cards to players for simulation, where they were trying to get opposition players booked, during the current campaign.
  
  I really think they have the reason to do so as can be seen from Last year high profile champion league LFC Vs Chelsea The ball did not cross the line and the recent EPL Game Robbie folwer is not offside and tottenham players was caught handball.The Officials should really bring in Technology in helping to correct Referree decision
• SBS9611D

  6 Mar 06, 16:52

  What about the Anders Frisk affair? THat one is even worse, man.
• BillyBong

  6 Mar 06, 19:22

  Fining a rich club like chelsea is useless.
  
  Fining AND deducting points would be more beneficial. In addition, single out the ringleaders and BAN them from 2-3 games as a warning to other players and managers who bring the game into disrepute.
• iveco

  6 Mar 06, 19:24

  Originally posted by BillyBong:

  Fining a rich club like chelsea is useless.
  
  Fining AND deducting points would be more beneficial. In addition, single out the ringleaders and BAN them from 2-3 games as a warning to other players and managers who bring the game into disrepute.

  Agreed. For rich clubs, money is nothing. However, points matter a lot as they can affect the club's survival in the top flight.
• ghimpheng

  7 Mar 06, 15:11

  even deduct 3 pts from chelsea would have been meaningless as chelsea now lead man utd by 12 points
• iveco

  7 Mar 06, 19:03

  Originally posted by ghimpheng:

  even deduct 3 pts from chelsea would have been meaningless as chelsea now lead man utd by 12 points

  Then give their opponents a 3-0 default win in that case.
• ghimpheng

  8 Mar 06, 11:36

  izzit it the same.......giving 3 points to the opponent
  
• SBS9611D

  23 Mar 06, 17:43

  Now Bobby Charlton has called for referees to be given protection.